Since so many people have asked for pics of my filter system, I finally decided to take some pics of it to post up.
Here are pics of the Overflows and Returns
I keep a couple of Crayfish and Small Fish in the overflows to eat and clean up all the food that gets stuck in the strainers. If too much food gets clogged at the strainers the water won't flow properly into the sumps. At the Moment I use convicts but I have use many different fish in there before. One fish I recommend are Bushy Nose Plecos.
Here are pics of the main sumps. The Bioballs are completely submerged so that I can raise the water level to add the the ceramic rings and lava rocks in my sump for additional biological filtration. The sumps are joined at the center to prevent on side from overflowing.
My Future plans for my filter is to add more Biological filtration media. I was thinking of hanging 4 fluidized beds on the the sumps.
For future mechanical filtration plans, I was thinking of adding power heads with quick filters in the tank to help quickly suck up the free flowing particles and add some current in the tank.
Here are pics of the Overflows and Returns
I keep a couple of Crayfish and Small Fish in the overflows to eat and clean up all the food that gets stuck in the strainers. If too much food gets clogged at the strainers the water won't flow properly into the sumps. At the Moment I use convicts but I have use many different fish in there before. One fish I recommend are Bushy Nose Plecos.
Here are pics of the main sumps. The Bioballs are completely submerged so that I can raise the water level to add the the ceramic rings and lava rocks in my sump for additional biological filtration. The sumps are joined at the center to prevent on side from overflowing.
My Future plans for my filter is to add more Biological filtration media. I was thinking of hanging 4 fluidized beds on the the sumps.
For future mechanical filtration plans, I was thinking of adding power heads with quick filters in the tank to help quickly suck up the free flowing particles and add some current in the tank.
